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Open Dialogue Title: Valuing What Matters: pluralism, power, and business decision-making 

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Wednesday, 2 July, 13:00-14:00

For decades, economic value has focused narrowly on financial returns, overlooking the vital contributions of nature and people. This dialogue—based on research by the Value Commission and Social Value International—explores how to integrate diverse perspectives into valuation and decision-making. Through a dynamic panel and open discussion, we’ll examine insights from Valuing What Matters, share best practices from impact valuation experts, and explore how pluralism and power dynamics shape business success. Join us to help shape more inclusive, sustainable decisions. [Read more…] about Open Dialogue Title: Valuing What Matters: pluralism, power, and business decision-making 

ProForPES project publishes framework for assessment of PES mechanisms in European forests

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Our partners at Etifor are pleased to share recent developments from the LIFE ProForPES project. The project has recently published a theoretical and methodological framework designed to assess Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) mechanisms in European forests. This work is the result of an in-depth analysis of more than 100 PES and PES-related case studies across Europe, offering valuable insights into their design, implementation, and potential for scalability and sustainability.

Download a short abstract that outlines the purpose and results of the research here.

All related publications are available and can be freely accessed through the project website.

Join our 3rd Transformative Change seminar!

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The Transformative Change Seminars, a webinar series by 7 Horizon Europe projects (part of the Transformative Change cluster of projects) working on transformative change for biodiversity conservation, aims to foster collaborative learning, enhance synergies on concepts and methodologies, co-create adaptive solutions and tools and showcase shared experiences.

This 3rd webinar in the series is focused on “Case studies as application examples” and will feature insightful presentations from the European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA) as well as the BIOTRAILS and BIONEXT Horizon projects. Hosted within the Ecosystem Services Partnership education & training webinar series, this particular webinar will be touching upon different pathways, methodologies and success stories from case studies deployment. [Read more…] about Join our 3rd Transformative Change seminar!

Rudolf de Groot ESP Summer School 2025: Application deadline 25 May

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Topic: Value Transfer for Ecosystem Service Valuation and Mapping
📅 1–5 September 2025 📍 University of Aveiro, Portugal

The first edition of the Rudolf de Groot ESP Summer School 2025, will provide early-career researchers with theoretical and practical training on value transfer methods for ecosystem service valuation and mapping. With the growing need to integrate nature into economic decision-making, understanding and experience on how to quantify, transfer, and map ecosystem service values is essential for both research and policy applications. Participants will learn to master, use and implement different value transfer methods and strengthen related skills during the Summer School. The work will consist of a combination of seminars, value transfer applications, ecosystem service value mapping, presentations, discussions with peers and several excursions.

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India national network update: Two newspaper publications on PES policies and shifting to clean energy

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Members of ESP India were featured in two recent newspaper publications – one in the Indian Express and one in the Financial Express – two leading newspapers of India. The articles focused on policies related to Payments of ecosystem services and shifting to cleaner energy for the planet. This was in line with the Earth Day 2025 theme.

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